Who Is Khan? 8 Things You Might Not Know About Star Trek’s Villain

Ever since news first broke that actor Benedict Cumberbatch (TV’s “Sherlock”) was cast as the notorious Star Trek villain, Khan, in the upcoming film “Star Trek Into Darkness “(in theaters today), speculations have ran wild regarding where the filmmakers would take his story.

But many are still in the dark about who Khan really is. After all, it has been more than thirty years since we last saw him stirring up trouble in “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.” Here are eight things you may not know about the man Trekkies love to hate: